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blackish and Italian bee in the same hive

Hi,

I'm a newbee and bought one package Italians(Georgia) . Everything is fine and I hope they make it over winter.
My question is, I have now dark bees and the Italian colored bees since 2-3 months and couldn't see any interruption in the brood cycle. Doe's this mean they re-queened and the old queen is still there or just a black drone was involved?

Re: blackish and Italian bee in the same hive

Re: blackish and Italian bee in the same hive

Thank you, for all the answers. It's about a 1/3 of the bees since 2 months. I don't think it's drifting the next hive I know of, is a mile away, definitely not robbing. the hive didn't swarm but I could imagine requeen. I like the idea of the black sheep in the herd the most.
Thank you